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The Dimension-Shift Category and Its Mellin-Gamma Representation

Representation Theory 2026-05-12 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs Category Theory

Abstract

We define a thin category Dim+\mathrm{Dim}^+ of dimension shifts and a category RadMeas\mathrm{RadMeas} of positive Radon measures with Radon--Nikodym density morphisms. We classify scaling-covariant functors Dim+RadMeas\mathrm{Dim}^+\to\mathrm{RadMeas} whose morphisms are given by homogeneous densities. Gaussian normalization selects a unique functor with values dμx(u)=πx/2Γ(x/2)ux/21du. d\mu_x(u)=\frac{\pi^{x/2}}{\Gamma(x/2)}u^{x/2-1}\,du. Its morphism component yields the radial-integration transport R(x,r)=πrΓ(x/2)Γ(x/2+r), R(x,r)=\frac{\pi^r\Gamma(x/2)}{\Gamma(x/2+r)}, while the unit-interval observable recovers the Euclidean ball-volume formula V(x)=πx/2Γ(x/2+1). V(x)=\frac{\pi^{x/2}}{\Gamma(x/2+1)}. The two transports differ by the multiplicative coboundary of β(x)=x\beta(x)=x, identified with the categorical dimension of the standard object in Deligne's interpolation category Rep(Ot)\mathrm{Rep}(O_t).

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@article{arxiv.2506.06885,
  title  = {The Dimension-Shift Category and Its Mellin-Gamma Representation},
  author = {Andreu Ballus Santacana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.06885},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

10 pages. Substantial revision and conceptual reorganization of a previous version. Companion analytic paper: "Radial Integration and Ball Volume in Continuous Dimension" (arXiv:2605.04351)

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